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Published on November 17, 2025 - 15:17 GMT

Thirteen Researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Among World’s Most Highly Cited

Thirteen Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) staff and two research affiliates appear on Clarivate’s 2025 list of the world’s most highly cited researchers. Citations by other researchers are one important measure of impact in scientific research …

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Published on September 30, 2025 - 23:07 GMT

Massive Datasets Meet Their Match

Just as streaming services have replaced CDs and DVDs by letting people watch or listen without downloading the content first, data streaming lets scientists analyze raw data from tools like microscopes and drones without needing to save the entire dataset …

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Published on September 30, 2025 - 23:06 GMT

Autonomous Synthesis for Redox Flow Batteries

Chemical reactions are complicated, with lots of different variables that can be tuned during an optimization process. Given the vast number of possible combinations, researchers have turned to high-throughput experimentation combined with robotics and …

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Published on September 30, 2025 - 22:03 GMT

Community Event Empowers People with AI Tools

By now, anyone with a smart phone has encountered generative AI (GenAI). The fast-moving technology has been rapidly adopted by companies, schools, and health care providers, among others. But many people who could benefit from mastering AI skills don’t …

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Published on September 29, 2025 - 20:30 GMT

PNNL Celebrates Sixty Years of Science and Service

This year marks six decades of innovation at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), proudly operated by Battelle since 1965. Generations of staff at PNNL have advanced science and technology outcomes to meet the evolving …

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Published on September 25, 2025 - 18:39 GMT

Analysis Explores Honey, Strontium Isotopes to Determine Geographic Origin

Determining the geographic source of agricultural products, such as honey, is important for international trade to help ensure food quality, avoid mislabeling, and enhance economic security. A study by researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ( …

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Published on September 25, 2025 - 17:38 GMT

Seeing Ice Crystals at the Atomic Level

The Science Ice is everywhere, but its full structure at the atomic level has remained challenging to determine. Researchers obtained the first images of ice crystallized from liquid water with atomic resolution. This required developing a new electron …

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Published on September 25, 2025 - 16:41 GMT

PNNL Joins Space Research Group, Bringing Its Nuclear and Cybersecurity Expertise to New Heights

RICHLAND, Wash.—Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are bringing their knowledge of nuclear power, space governance, cybersecurity and technology test beds to the space domain by joining an organization that …

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Published on September 25, 2025 - 09:07 GMT

A Chilling Discovery: The Surprising Flexibility of Ice

RICHLAND, Wash.—You’d think there’s nothing surprising left to discover about water. After all, researchers have been studying its properties for centuries. But today researchers at Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory report a new …

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Published on September 24, 2025 - 20:01 GMT

Redox-Driven Protein Complexes Signal Metabolic Modulation in Cyanobacteria

The Science Through photosynthesis, cyanobacteria harvest energy from light to fix carbon dioxide into glucose during the daytime. This glucose is used to create valuable chemical products to fuel their activities at night. Modeling this process is …

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Published on September 24, 2025 - 19:38 GMT

Quantifying the Molecular Interactions of Alcohols in Zeolite Pores

The Science Quantifying the fundamental interactions between molecules and the walls of zeolite pores is essential to designing better zeolite-based catalysts and sorbents. However, teasing out values for the individual types of interactions is challenging …

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Published on September 23, 2025 - 19:08 GMT

DIMPLES Unlocks New Levels of Success in Influence Maximization

The idea that a small number of select individuals can have a disproportionately large influence on a social network is known as “influence maximization.” From viral marketing to tracking contagious viruses, or anything else that can spread through a …

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Published on September 23, 2025 - 15:47 GMT

At PNNL, AI Is Accelerating the U.S. Bioeconomy

Biodiesel, bioplastics, penicillin: “If you look at important industrial bioprocesses, most of them use organisms that naturally make a product,” said Jeff Czajka, a bioprocess scientist and Linus Pauling Fellow at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) …

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Published on September 22, 2025 - 20:04 GMT

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Reflections from a Decade as PNNL Director

Ten years ago, I was given the honor of a lifetime and began serving as director of the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. After a decade of contributing monthly articles to the Tri-City Herald, this valedictory column reflects …

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Published on September 17, 2025 - 18:49 GMT

Breakthrough Could Bring Friction Stir Welding to Assembly Lines

A spinning tool plunges into two pieces of metal, rotating at a high rate of speed. As the tool begins to move, it softens and mixes the metal, creating a powerful weld—one that can securely join similar and dissimilar materials (particularly metals and …

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Published on September 15, 2025 - 22:56 GMT

Heine Supports International Effort to Combat Radiological and Nuclear Threats

Peter Heine, senior advisor in the Strategic Threat Analysis group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), recently travelled to Brussels, Belgium, to support the World Customs Organization's Operation Stingray. Conducted under the Nuclear …

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Published on September 15, 2025 - 19:20 GMT

When High Entropy Meets Epitaxy: Selective Oxidation and Chromium Segregation in Multicomponent Oxide Thin Films

The Science High-entropy oxides (HEOs) possess exceptional compositional flexibility and structural stability, making them highly promising for energy and catalytic applications. Understanding the electrocatalytic activity and stability of HEOs requires …

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Published on September 15, 2025 - 19:20 GMT

Crystalline Peptoid Nanomaterials for Promoting Carbon Dioxide Dissolution and Precipitation

The Science Peptoids are highly tunable biomimetic molecules capable of self-assembling into crystalline nanomaterials with complex 3D structures. These assemblies can mimic the active sites of enzymes, including the carbonic anhydrases (CAs) that convert …

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Published on September 12, 2025 - 22:59 GMT

Accounting for Solvent Polarization Improves Conformational Predictions in a Peptoid Force Field

The Science Peptoids are a promising class of biomimetic molecules that are more stable and tunable than natural peptides. Designing larger materials from peptoids requires molecular models that capture peptoid conformational preferences. Researchers …

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Published on September 12, 2025 - 22:37 GMT

Nanoscale Interactions in Magnetic Fields for Critical Material Separations

The Science Magnetic fields influence groups of ions and particles in solutions, but the exact details of these effects remain unclear. Researchers developed a new theoretical framework to better understand and predict how external magnetic fields affect …

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